Clocktimizer webinar wrap up: “The C-Level perspective: Profitability in 2021 and how tech can accelerate it”

Yesterday we held the fifth in our series of webinars around pricing, LPM, profitability and the use of technology in law firms. This installment saw our usual panelists; Mark Medice of Law Vision and Pieter van der Hoeven of Clocktimizer; joined by Barry Honea, the Chief Financial Officer of Locke Lord. In light of the increasing challenges facing […]

How to reduce your cyber risk through Cyber Essentials Plus

In September of this year the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published its report entitled “Cyber Security – A thematic review”. This report is based on a selected sample of 40 firms that were interviewed about their experiences with cybercrime. The report outlined their findings in five key areas: Cyberattacks People Technology Support Reporting Key highlights […]

Has coronavirus cracked the time recording code? Insight Legal investigate

The spotlight on time recording: present Time recording software has risen in prominence as an operational tool for lawyers and law firm managers since the COVID-19 outbreak. There are two main reasons for time recording’s manoeuvre into the spotlight; these being the financial difficulties faced by the sector as a whole, and practices’ dispersed workforces […]

Five key legal industry trends to watch in 2021, from Sysero

We’re quickly approaching the end of 2020, a year that has proven truly transformative for the modern law firm. Amidst a global pandemic, law firm leaders have faced the challenge – and opportunity – of accelerating digital transformation with their firms.  1) Greater Focus on Differentiation As competition in the legal sector heats up heading […]

Learn about Transform software by Novaplex business Solutions

As many Law Firms see the introduction of another lockdown and an extension of furloughed staff both in IT Teams, secretarial support and admin, firms are looking for software to help ease the burden on limited resources to be more efficient. Transform software is document fixing and styling software and has become an essential tool […]

Intelligent Office: The best legal admin outsourcing options for law firms

As all businesses settle into the new normal of hybrid working, i.e. in offices, at home or remotely, the opportunity to embed the more agile working approach that was enforced for a time during full lockdown shouldn’t be missed. Resisting the temptation to revert to old ways of working will take determination but there is […]

Intelligent office: Delivering exceptional service during Covid-19

Being able to rely on high quality and consistently delivered administrative support is more important than ever as law firms work hard to continue servicing client relationships during the pandemic. As a result of remote working environments and some staff being furloughed, work-arounds and reduced support were to some extent more accepted during the Spring […]

Intelligent Office: Agile working in law firms

In the immediate aftermath of March’s lockdown, the focus for law firm leaders and their hard-pressed IT departments was remote working. Ensuring that lawyers could work with and collaborate with their clients and support services teams became the main focus. The accelerated use of online technology has been a common theme across many business sectors. […]

Intelligent Office: Managing support staff in the hybrid working area

For many law firms, training, development and broader management has historically been focused on fee earning rather than support functions. With so many other issues to deal with currently – as management teams steer their firms into the next stage of the new normal and the new hybrid working environment created by the pandemic – […]

Intelligent Office: Time for the digital mailroom

Remote and hybrid working are turning the traditional concepts of administrative support services on their head, including the processing, creation and storage of documents and correspondence. In a world where agile working is essential to thrive, digital mailroom solutions which manage incoming and outgoing mail with speed, efficiency and security play a key part. MOVING […]